Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Vulgar Slang Extremely frightened.
Wiktionary
- adj. vulgar Having an empty bowel; greatly frightened; see usage notes below.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. extremely frightened
Etymologies
- From shit + -less. (Wiktionary)
- From the reflex of involuntary defecation that can result from extreme terror. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“They took the East because Hitler had scared Stalin shitless, and he decided that in the future he would fight the Germans in Warsaw rather than Kiev.”
“Seth Wright says brands like Bud and Coors are scared 'shitless' as the craft beer world explodes.”
The Huffington Post: Steve Rosenbaum: The People Powered Web
“What scared me witless recently, not to be uncouth and say 'shitless', was to look at a topographical representation of the society outlined in Orwell's 1984, delineating the small proportion of 'inner party' as '2\%' - and thinking of the 'trickle down' theory of economics deployed as rationale for tax cuts in the”
“He was also scared shitless -- he was facing up to 30 years in prison.”
“Sitting with my buddies in a dark room illuminated only by the light of the tube, I watched with a stern determination to hide the fact I was scared shitless.”
“I was seven -- and hipless -- the first time, scared shitless and moving to an island where the sun never shines.”
The Huffington Post: Gemma de Choisy: Confessions of a Dual Citizen
“If the actions and inner turmoil (or lack thereof) of Tom, Zoe, Harry and Danny don't scare you shitless, you're not paying attention.”
“Short answer: Our plutocrats were scared shitless of the Commies and figured they needed some Patriotic cannon fodder.”
“April 20th, 2010 at 1: 37 pm muzz (brought to you by Screaming Yellow Zonkers) says: they are scared shitless of the big dog”
“February 16th, 2010 at 5: 19 pm dbadass says: and I am only going to say this once …. cch sharpton is a total poser who is scared shitless of me ….”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘shitless’.
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shit phrases
various ways shit is used
All assholes are not created equal Some are purely a doorway for excrement to exit whilst others can actually speak Shit”
shit happens, shit-bird, shit-bag, shitbox, same shit,differe..., shit fit, shitheap, shit-hot, shit-list, shit paper, shit-pot, shit sandwich and 233 more...
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Fearlobes
EEK! Emotion words and words associated with fear. Let's avoid -phobia words.
terrified, threatened, paralyzed, afraid, tormented, frightened, scared, blench, worried, cowardly, fretful, menaced and 57 more...
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The -less Said...
hopeless, bootless, groundless, luckless, artless, feckless, hapless, joyless, useless, penniless, childless, peerless and 310 more...
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How Am I Bored? Let Me Count the Ways...
out of my gourd, shitless, gormless, to distraction, unbelievably, staggeringly, mind-numbingly, to death, witless, delirious, beyond boredom, out loud on toast... and 7 more...
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Verbal palette?
Words I like to use or would like to use in the near future. Totally random.
convalescence, bellibone, persnickety, contiguous, pabulum, dummary, preliminary, pristine, funny fuse, dolt, shitless, nebulous and 50 more...
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